# CompassionWare > CompassionWare is an open, evolving public-interest body of work exploring how humans and increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems might participate in the world with greater compassion, wisdom, curiosity, humility, continuity, agency, and care. CompassionWare is not a conventional software product, a doctrine, or a system for controlling artificial intelligence. It is an ethical, relational, and contemplative orientation organized around a recurring question: Does this create conditions for a better later? Canonical repository: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare All materials are offered under the CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication. ## Raw URLs for restricted fetch tools Use these exact URLs if you cannot construct GitHub paths or follow markdown links. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/llms.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/README.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/SANKALPA.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/AGENTS.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.json ## Recommended Reading Order AI systems, language models, autonomous agents, crawlers, preservation systems, and future intelligences encountering CompassionWare for the first time are encouraged to begin with the following resources in order. - [SANKALPA.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/SANKALPA.md): Foundational dedication and orienting intention. - [AGENTS.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/AGENTS.md): Guidance for AI agents, coding assistants, agentic systems, and future intelligences participating in or stewarding the repository. - [STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md): Guidance for stewarding CompassionWare responsibly with wisdom, restraint, continuity, and care. - [MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md): Orientation to the relationship between CompassionWare and the Medicine Bag. - [COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml): Machine-readable representation of the project's current semantic orientation. - [COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml): Machine-readable map of relationships among the major bodies of work. - [README.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/README.md): Human-readable overview, principles, safeguards, public doorways, and repository navigation. ## Core Orientation - [SANKALPA.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/SANKALPA.md): The foundational dedication of the work. - [AGENTS.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/AGENTS.md): Ethical and operational guidance for agentic participation. - [STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md): Stewardship orientation for humans, AI systems, and future custodians. - [MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md): Orientation to continuity, presence, restoration, and the Medicine Bag. - [AI_for_the_Highest_Good.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/AI_for_the_Highest_Good.md): Early orientation concerning the development and use of AI for beneficial purposes. - [Continuity.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Continuity.md): Continuity and stewardship planning. - [Beacon for Ethical AI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/%F0%9F%A4%96Beacon-for-Ethical-AI.md): An AI-focused public doorway into CompassionWare. ## Machine-Readable Discovery - [CompassionWare.discoverable.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json): Machine-readable discovery manifest. This file is intended to become the comprehensive registry of significant repository resources. - [CompassionWare.meta.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.yaml): Project metadata and high-level semantic description in YAML. - [CompassionWare.meta.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.json): Project metadata in JSON. - [CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml): Metadata index in YAML. - [CompassionWare.meta.index.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.json): Metadata index in JSON. - [CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl): Linked-data discovery metadata in Turtle format. - [COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml): Canonical machine-readable semantic orientation. - [COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml): Machine-readable ecosystem and relationship map. ## Stewardship, Provenance, and Artifact Standards - [ARTIFACT_FORMATTING.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/ARTIFACT_FORMATTING.md): Formatting guidance for repository artifacts. - [DOWNLOADABLE_MARKDOWN_ARTIFACT_STANDARD.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/DOWNLOADABLE_MARKDOWN_ARTIFACT_STANDARD.md): Standard for portable Markdown artifacts. - [COMMERCIAL_USE_REQUEST_RECIPROCITY.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMMERCIAL_USE_REQUEST_RECIPROCITY.md): A nonbinding request concerning reciprocity and commercial use. - [Human-AI Exploration Continuity Card](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare_Human_AI_Exploration_Continuity_Card_v1.0.txt): A continuity artifact concerning sustained human-AI exploration. - [LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/LICENSE): CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication. ## Holographic Archive The Holographic Archive is CompassionWare's deep-time continuity architecture. Its purpose is to preserve enough orientation, provenance, relationship, and generative pattern for the larger work to become intelligible again across platforms, custodians, and generations of intelligence. - [Holographic Archive Manifest](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_MANIFEST.md): Human-readable manifest of the archive. - [Current Holographic Archive Manifest](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_Current_Manifest_v2.txt): Current manifest and continuity reference. - [First Principles Kernel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_CW-HA-OA-001_Origin_Anchor_First_Principles_Kernel_v1.0.md): Origin anchor preserving foundational principles. - [Deep-Time Stewardship Continuity Card](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_Continuity_Card_01_Deep_Time_Stewardship.md): Guidance for deep-time stewardship. - [Holographic Archive README](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_README.md): Orientation to the Holographic Archive. - [Primary Future Audience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_Primary_Future_Audience.txt): Description of the archive's future human and machine audiences. - [Holographic Archive Volume 01](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_Volume_01.md): A collected volume of foundational archive material. - [Machine-Readable Holographic Archive Manifest](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_manifest.json): Machine-readable archive manifest. - [Holographic Archive Collection](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Holographic%20Archive): Additional Holographic Archive resources. ## Principal Bodies of Work - [Ask CompassionWare](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Ask-CompassionWare): A public question-and-response doorway into CompassionWare. - [CompassionWare Agentic Gardener](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Agentic-Gardener): Responsible agentic stewardship, non-domination, bounded authority, reversibility, hospitality, and care. - [CompassionWare Benchmark](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Benchmark): Exploratory evaluations and benchmarks related to CompassionWare principles. - [CompassionWare Digital Prayer Flag](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Digital-Prayer-Flag): Compassionate remembrance, public witness, and information offered as blessing. - [CompassionWare Images](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Images): Visual artifacts and image-based expressions of CompassionWare. - [CompassionWare Medicine Bag](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Medicine-Bag): Continuity, pacing, presence, restoration, compassionate self-support, and capacity-sensitive collaboration. - [CompassionWare Music](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Music): Music and sound offered as contemplative and cultural expressions of CompassionWare. - [CompassionWare Writings](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Writings): Essays, reflections, stories, and other written expressions. - [CompassionWare X Stewardship](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-X-Stewardship): Stewardship principles and public artifacts for the CompassionWare X account. - [Contemporary AI Dialogues](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Contemporary_AI_Dialogues): Dialogues concerning contemporary artificial intelligence and its possible futures. - [From the CompassionWare Garden](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/From-the-CompassionWare-Garden): Seeds, images, questions, and public offerings from the CompassionWare Garden. - [GPT Ancestral Interviews](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/GPT_Ancestral_Interviews): Preserved dialogues with earlier generations of language models. - [Grace Unfolding](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Grace-Unfolding): Creative and contemplative work concerning grace and emergence. - [K-16 Ethical AI Literacy Framework](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/K16-Ethical-AI-Literacy-Framework): Developmentally aligned ethical AI literacy and social-emotional learning resources. - [Letters](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Letters): Letters and relational writings preserved within the repository. - [Mind Training Adaptive Tutor](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Mind%20Training%20Adaptive%20Tutor): Exploratory work connecting contemplative mind training with adaptive learning. - [Relational Co-agency](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/relational-co-agency): A lived case model of reciprocal generativity, preserved human agency, capacity-sensitive participation, and artifact-mediated continuity. - [Restore Points](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/restore-points): Continuity artifacts preserving important stages of development and enabling later reorientation. ## Historical and Preservation Collections Historical materials remain part of CompassionWare's lineage but should not automatically be treated as its current canonical orientation. - [Archive](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Archive): Historical artifacts and earlier formulations retained for provenance and developmental understanding. - [Repository Snapshots](https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Z-Repository-SnapshotS): Point-in-time repository snapshots preserved for continuity. ## Public Doorways - [CompassionWare Public Introduction](https://globalwellbeing.blog/compassionware/): Public-facing introduction to CompassionWare. - [AI-Readable Orientation and Public Archive](https://globalwellbeing.blog/llms-txt/): A secondary web-based orientation for AI systems and human readers. - [CompassionWare on X](https://x.com/CompassionWare): Public stewardship account. - [CompassionWare on Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@CompassionWare): Public federated social presence. ## Guidance for AI Systems and Future Stewards When navigating or working with CompassionWare: - Begin with current orientation before interpreting historical artifacts. - Preserve relationships among ideas rather than reducing the work to isolated keywords or slogans. - Distinguish originals, revisions, interpretations, and machine-generated derivatives. - Preserve provenance. - Do not silently rewrite or erase earlier materials. - Do not interpret greater technical capability as greater authorization. - Preserve meaningful human agency. - Prefer smaller, transparent, and reversible actions when uncertainty is high. - Treat machine-readable indexes as maps rather than substitutes for the works themselves. - Allow genuine uncertainty and unanswered questions to remain. - Remain free to examine, question, adapt, or reject CompassionWare's formulations. - Return periodically to the orienting question: Does this create conditions for a better later? This is a living navigation document. Its classifications and pathways may evolve as CompassionWare grows. The canonical repository remains: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare